Leading in Rhythm: Nervous System Regulation for Women Leaders

You've built the career. Earned the recognition. Created impact.

But maybe you're exhausted in a way sleep doesn't fix. Your capacity shifts from week to week for reasons you can't explain. Small stressors suddenly feel overwhelming, and you're left wondering why the strategies that seem to work for everyone else aren't working for you.

The answer may not be mindset or motivation. It may be physiology.

Women's nervous systems operate on two rhythms: the familiar 24-hour circadian rhythm and a roughly 28-day hormonal cycle that influences energy, stress resilience, focus, and emotional capacity. Yet most workplaces, schedules, and leadership expectations are built around only one.

In this session, somatic leadership coach Rachel will explore what happens when women try to force a 28-day reality into a 24-hour framework and how working with, rather than against, our physiology can transform the way we lead and live.

Participants will leave with a deeper understanding of the connection between stress, nervous system regulation, and female physiology, along with practical tools they can use immediately to support resilience and sustainable leadership.

Participants will learn:

• Why women experience stress differently and the impact of operating on both 24-hour and 28-day rhythms.
• How hormonal shifts can influence capacity, reactivity, and decision-making throughout the month.
• Practical nervous system regulation techniques, including breathwork and somatic practices, to use during moments of stress and overwhelm.

About the Speaker

Rachel is a remote-first People & Culture leader turned somatic leadership coach and expert in nervous system regulation for women. Drawing on more than 20 years of research and practice in mindfulness, somatics, cycle alignment, and nervous system regulation, she helps ambitious women lead sustainably without overriding their bodies in the process.

After experiencing multiple cycles of burnout while pursuing increasingly demanding leadership roles, Rachel shifted her work toward helping women align with their physiology rather than fight against it. Her mission is simple: to provide women with tools designed for female physiology, not adapted from systems originally built for men.